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  • Sometimes we need a Coach in the Pulpit

    By Larry Peterson We Catholics hear much about how we must evangelize. Unfortunately, most Catholics do not know how to do it. Most of us even avoid discussions with each other about controversial topics in the Church. Indeed, few of us are going to stand on a milk crate on a street corner, hold up… Read more

  • How the Holy Spirit Saved the Heart of a Lonely Widower

    By Larry Peterson I am Catholic and have been an EMHC (Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion) for over 25 years. I have had the honor and privilege of bringing Holy Communion to many people in many places who are unable to attend holy Mass on Sunday. These people are either hospitalized, in nursing homes, hospice… Read more

  • 100 Years Ago Hatred Spawned His Murder—Has Anything Changed Today?

    By Larry Peterson Meet Father James E. Coyle  What follows is an “American” story about a Catholic priest and a member of the Ku Klux Klan. It is about love and hatred in America. This story is not about the present day. But since it is the way of things in our 21st century, it… Read more

  • Catholics as Evangelists, You Can Do It

      By Larry Peterson We Catholics hear much about evangelizing and evangelization. (read Evangelium Gaudium). I believe evangelizing starts with each one of us. We have to be willing to say the name of JESUS in public. I am not suggesting that we stand on a street corner screaming His name. Instead, when we are… Read more

  • Jozef and Wiktoria Ulma and Children; all Martyred “In Odium Fidei”*

    The Ulma Family; Dad, Mom, Children; Stanislaw, age 8, Barbara, age 7, Vladyslaw, age 6, Franciszek, age 4, Antoni, age 3,  Maria, age2, and  newborn (no name) all martyred  by the Nazis on March 24, 1944  Entire family will be Beatified on September 10, 2023 By Larry Peterson When I discover a hidden gem in… Read more

  • Madness erupts over Gender Identity? Time to Listen to St. John Paul II

    By Larry Peterson Thirty-five years ago, Pope St. John Paul II wrote an apostolic letter titled Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women). It identified the complementary roles of men and women in line with the philosophy of feminism. Doing so demonstrated the ultimate concept of “giving of oneself.” Testimony for the ages… Read more